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قدم حازم إمام عضو مجلس إدارة اتحاد الكرة المصري، التهئنة لفريق الأهلي، بعد الفوز على أوراوا الياباني، والتتويج ببرونزية كأس العالم للاندية.

الأهلي فاز على أوراوا برباعية مقابل هدفين، على أرضية استاد الأمير عبد الله الفيصل، في مباراة تحديد المركزين الثالث والرابع لبطولة كأس العالم للأندية.

وقال حازم إمام في تصريحات تلفزيونية عبر قناة “SSC”: “مبروك للنادي الأهلي ثاني أفضل فريق بعد مانشستر سيتي بأداء محترم ومبهر في كأس العالم للأندية، شرفوا الكرة المصرية والعربية والإفريقية”.

طالع أيضاً.. موعد مباراة الأهلي القادمة بعد الفوز على أوراوا في كأس العالم للأندية

بهذا الفوز نجح الأهلي في حصد الميدالية البرونزية الرابعة في تاريخه في كأس العالم للأندية، من خلال 9 مشاركات له في البطولة.

ومن المقرر أن يلتقي الأهلي في المباراة القادمة أمام سيراميكا كليوباترا، في مستهل مباريات كأس السوبر المصري.

If Colin Graves, one of the men charged with bringing a fresh new look to England’s professional circuit, has had any fleeting doubts that an overhaul is necessary, those doubts will have been largely banished by Yorkshire’s deepening financial plight.Yorkshire won the Championship in 2014, and provided a steady stream of players for England, yet their finances remain bleak after announcing a loss of £300,000 for 2014, adding to debts already in the region of £22m.The county only survived a decade ago thanks to Graves’ financial support. Now he is in charge at the ECB, he is determined to examine all ways that can improve cricket’s popularity and relevance and put the game on a firmer financial footing.A respect for the game’s eternal verities will not be allowed to cloud the imperative for England’s professional circuit to make a stronger connection in the modern era.Although Yorkshire’s results did bring the consolation of halving the £600,000 loss the previous year, their continued financial straits are an indication of the dangers facing the English counties, where total debts are estimated around £120m. Results, though, have been mixed – Notts and Sussex have recently announced satisfactory financal figures.Without their success in producing England players, Yorkshire’s finances would have made even grimmer reading. Income from the ECB increased by £400,000 thanks in part to prize money for winning Championship and increased payments in respect of the development of England players and their representation for the national side.But international match revenue in 2014 was only £2.2m, 30 per cent of total income, slightly down on the previous year, even though the Test against Sri Lanka took place later in the year, in June, and Headingley sold out for an ODI against India in which the local favourite, Joe Root, made a match-winning century.Yorkshire, under their new chief executive, Mark Arthur, are making concerted efforts to strengthen links with the public in a county which professes to house the most committed cricket followers in the land but which seems reluctant to prove it at the turnstiles, amid grouses about high prices and the poor standard of Headingley.Despite ground improvements in the last decade, Headingley remains a work in progress and the old rugby stand could be closed for the next few years after parts of it were condemned as unsafe during a recent inspection.During the year the club received a £1m payment from the ECB which was used to repay a short term loan that was taken out in 2013 to repay £500,000 of a long-term loan from Leeds City Council loan and to fund capital projects.Paul Hudson, director of finance, claimed: “Improved results after a period of heavy financial losses.”Yorkshire are now pinning their hopes on what Hudson called “a significant investment” in the installation of permanent floodlights, which will allow NatWest Blast matches to begin at 7pm, instead of 5.30pm when the clog of the Leeds rush hour made attendance impossible for many thousands of would-be spectators. Only the Roses match, though, is a certain sell-out – and thanks to a washout in 2014 many spectators will get in for free this year.But Yorkshire spectators’ parochial disdain for England is damaging their own county to an extent many have yet to come to terms with.The second Investec Test against Sri Lanka was a compelling, fluctuating affair – Sri Lanka won when last man Jimmy Anderson was caught off the fifth ball of the last over of the final day.But even heavily reduced admission prices over the final three days – as low as £5 with free entry for juniors on the last day – could not attract more than 13,000 spectators over that period.Arthur pointed out at the time that the total aggregate attendance of 38,000 was significantly better than the 29,000 for the 2013 game against New Zealand, but revenue was down.Yorkshire have opted not to replace their 2nd X1 coach, Richard Dawson, who has joined Gloucestershire as chief coach, preferring to appoint from within.With Yorkshire in such financial disarray, and further ground improvements held at the moment at the architects’ drawing stage, no wonder that Dickie Bird, the former Test umpire, club president, and (in the Broad Acres at least) national treasure, has felt the need to offer to stump up the cost of a dressing room balcony out of his own pocket.

Jonathan Trott has been named captain for the first-class leg of the England Lions tour of South Africa. The trip will be Trott’s first representative cricket since leaving the Ashes tour of Australia last year following the Brisbane Test.He had been named in the provisional squad in October and has now been confirmed in the leadership role ahead of other contenders such as Adam Lyth or James Vince, while Gary Ballance is no longer part of the tour after being named in the World Cup squad.Trott tweeted: “I’m really happy to be given this responsibility with the @ECB_cricket Lions. It will a be an exciting challenge to lead the talented group!”James Whitaker, the national selector, said that no one was looking too far ahead as far as Trott was concerned and that a cautious approach would continue to be taken.”It’s exceptional news. I have spoken to Trotty regularly and the improvement in his state of mind and readiness to get back involved in cricket has been huge for him,” Whitaker said. “He can take great credit for that. To get back enjoying the game is a real bonus for Trotty and I’ve always said he should take one step at a time.”Let’s work with him to get the best opportunities for him. If it means he’s simply a county cricketer in the future then that’s still fantastic but we’ve given him a step staged return and he will be going into an environment which is slightly higher than county cricket.”Who knows what will happen in the future. We’ll take one step at a time and the great thing is Trott is back playing and enjoying cricket again.”Matt Dunn, the Surrey fast bowler, and Mark Wood, the Durham quick, have been added to the four-day squad which will play two matches against South Africa A in Paarl and Bloemfontein.Alongside Trott’s return, one of the intriguing elements of the tour will be the contest between those vying for England’s Test opening role. Alastair Cook’s current partner, Sam Robson, is on the tour but faces competition from the Yorkshire pair of Lyth and Alex Lees following their prolific 2014 season as Yorkshire won the County Championship.Robson played all seven Tests against Sri Lanka and India in the summer, scoring a maiden hundred at Headingley, but did not do enough to completely assure himself of the position in the longer run, finishing the season with 336 runs at 30.54. England’s next Test assignment comes with a three-match series in West Indies in April.As yet there has been no captain named for the one-day squad which will play a five-match series against South Africa A. Ben Stokes and Harry Gurney, who were omitted from the World Cup squad, have been added to that party.Four-day squad Jonathan Trott (capt), Jonathan Bairstow, Sam Billings, Jack Brooks, Matthew Dunn, Alex Lees, Adam Lyth, Craig Overton, Liam Plunkett, Boyd Rankin, Adil Rashid, Adam Riley, Sam Robson, James Vince, Mark WoodOne-day squad Jonathan Bairstow, Sam Billings, Jack Brooks, Harry Gurney, Alex Lees, Adam Lyth, Craig Overton, Stephen Parry, Samit Patel, Liam Plunkett, Boyd Rankin, Adil Rashid, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, James Vince

ScorecardJoe Burns celebrates his seventh first-class century•Getty Images

A career-best 183 from Joe Burns ensured Queensland were on top at stumps on the first day of their Sheffield Shield match against New South Wales at the Gabba. Peter Forrest was unbeaten on 87 at the end of the day, with Nathan Reardon on 27, and the Bulls had moved along to 3 for 326 having chosen to bat.Test spinner Nathan Lyon went wicketless with 0 for 55 from 24 overs, but so did his spin colleague Steve O’Keefe, who had 0 for 57 from 18 overs. The New South Wales attack was missing Josh Hazlewood due to his ODI call-up and Mitchell Starc, who has a groin strain, and the only wicket takers for the day were Gurinder Sandhu with two and Doug Bollinger with one.Sandhu picked up both of his victims early with the new ball, having opener Marnus Labuschagne caught behind for 6 and Greg Moller lbw for a duck, before Burns and Forrest put on 254 for the third wicket. Burns posted his seventh first-class century and confirmed himself as one of the young batsmen to watch in the Sheffield Shield, eventually caught off Bollinger for 183.Burns started the Shield season with 98 against South Australia at Adelaide Oval. Forrest finished last summer as the fourth-leading run scorer in the competition and was within touching distance of an 11th first-class hundred by stumps.

MS Dhoni, India’s captain, conceded that the failure of his specialist batsmen had been the biggest reason for England taking a 2-1 series lead with one Test left in the five-match series. Dhoni said that India lost the Old Trafford Test virtually in the first hour of the match, when India were reduced to an abysmal 8 for 4 after Dhoni had elected to bat.Shortly after lunch, they were six down, and even though Dhoni, in the company of R Ashwin, put up a brave fight India could just manage a paltry 152. On Saturday, India once again folded easily in less than two sessions, to give Alastair Cook’s team the advantage going into the final Test at The Oval, which starts on Friday. Importantly, after their thrilling victory at Lord’s, India have failed to win a session convincingly.”What is important is to put runs on the board,” Dhoni said. “To some extent, Lord’s and the performance of the eight, nine, ten and eleven so far in the series camouflaged the question of the top order not performing. But when you are playing with five bowlers, the fifth bowler actually has scored more runs for us. That actually puts pressure on, whatever the reason may be. May be a few of the batsmen are having a lean period at the same time. But overall we will have to put more runs on the board so that the bowlers can get the opposition out.”Virat Kohli’s poor form continued as India failed with the bat again•Getty Images

According to Dhoni, the failure of his batsmen in this Test was more exposed because the lower order, which had rallied in the first three Tests, also failed in Manchester. “First few Test matches, the performance of our batters got camouflaged,” Dhoni said. “Stuart [Binny] got runs in the first Test match along with [Mohammed] Shami, Bhuvi [Bhuvneshwar Kumar] and others. No one really asked the question, we are playing with one batter less so is it up to the batsmen to take the responsibility. That trend continued forward with the batting department. It is just that the lower order did not contribute in this Test match so it seems we have not scored runs.”Dhoni said the India batsmen have to learn to play time and force the opposition to bowl to them rather than go chasing the ball outside their comfort zone. “Once you see off the first 20-25 overs, when the ball is hard and new, it gets relatively better for the batsmen to bat. You just have to pull the bowler towards you rather than going outside off and looking for the big shot. If you can look to push them to bowl to you actually you can control the swing much better and you can play your strokes. That is something to an extent we lacked.”Also the fact we lost six wickets in the first half an hour and that had a very big impact on the game. A lot things had consequences in this Test match. Hopefully we will get the learning out of it and move into the next one which I feel will be very important to us.”Astonishingly, India batted a total of 89.4 overs across two innings compared to England’s 105.3 overs. Once again Dhoni said the onus was on his batsmen to stand up and deliver especially since India were playing only six batsmen, himself included. “The batting department will have to improve, especially since we are playing a batter less,” Dhoni said. “That extra bowler is actually contributing both with ball and bat. Still the top five or six batters will have to get more runs to make the bowlers feel more comfortable.”Dhoni defended playing six batsmen and an extra bowler, saying he did not have a choice. Asked as to whether it was now time to drop Ravindra Jadeja, who has failed consistently with both ball and bat barring his spirited half-century in the Lord’s Test victory, Dhoni disagreed.”Again the problem is who do you have to replace him?” Dhoni said. “Again you will fall back on the same thing of going with an extra batter and not having that fifth bowler when you really need him. That is how Jadeja plays. The more he plays the better he will get. We are hoping that it happens soon. We have seen glimpses of it. He will have to back himself to play the same kind of cricket. That is something that will give him the confidence. Hopefully he will keep hitting the ball.”In Manchester, Jadeja managed just one wicket on a pitch that offered good bounce. Moeen Ali, England’s allegedly part-time spinner, struck four times to raise his series tally to 19 wickets.Dhoni would not be forced to be drawn into comparisons, but pointed out that the biggest factor in Moeen’s success was his persistence of maintaining length and lines. “He is quite a consistent bowler. He keeps pitching in the same areas. He is quite good and uses the drift,” Dhoni said. “Why can’t we copy him? It is a very difficult thing. He has his own trajectory. He keeps bowling in one area and is quite willing to bowl that way. He is very persistent with his lengths. The odd ball turns and the others are just straight. He wants to keep it very tight. And if you want to take him on you can try your luck otherwise he may get a wicket. Our bowlers are different. They have their own way of bowling. It is not easy to copy a bowler.”Moeen’s success has raised the point about Indians being better players of spin and whether that is actually true. Again in this Test, the India middle order tried to charge him or play aggressively but failed.Dhoni did not find any fault with that method. “It is important to be positive. We will lose a few wickets. At the same time we will have to put pressure back on him. If in doing that you lose a few wickets that is still good for you because that pushes the opposition to use their fast bowlers more. That is something we will have to follow. Pujara got a tough decision but others he bowled well to get them out.”

Pakistan’s centrally contracted players will now get a 25% hike in their monthly retainers, the PCB announced on Wednesday. This is in addition to hikes of 25% in Test match fee and 10% for ODIs.However, the board is yet to finalise the list of contracted players in all categories. The list will be released after the conclusion of the ongoing camp at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore. The revised salaries come into effect from January 1, 2014. The PCB will also release up to 50% of the players’ remunerations for those who have represented Pakistan in international matches since January 2014.The system of bonuses has also been revised to incentivise outstanding individual performances and series wins.

علق تشافي هيرنانديز المدير الفني لفريق كرة القدم الأول بنادي برشلونة، على إمكانية تجديد عقده مع النادي الكتالوني.

تشافي هيرنانديز ينتهي عقده مع برشلونة بنهاية الموسم الجاري في يونيو 2024، وذلك بعد أن تولى قيادة الفريق في نوفمبر 2021.

وقال تشافي في المؤتمر الصحفي لمواجهة فياريال: “أنا سعيد في برشلونة، النادي الذي أريد أن أكون فيه دائمًا، وأعشقه وأسعى دائمًا لتقديم الأفضل لجماهيره”.

طالع أيضًا.. تشافي: يجب علينا سماع ما يدور بين الحكام في الدوري الإسباني

وأضاف: “نحن الآن بنفس الحماس الذي كنا عليه مثلما كان الموسم الماضي، أنا سعيد بعملي، أرحب بكل تحدٍ مع برشلونة، لكنني هادئ وأنتظر ما سيحدث”.

وعلق على إصابة بيدري: “لقد تأثر بضغط المباريات وعوامل الطقس، نريد حمايته من الإصابات وعدم تكرارها مثلما حدث من قبل، لكنها في النهاية جزء من اللعبة”.

ودافع عن ليفاندوفسكي: “لقد صنع هدفًا، أعرف أنه بحاجة للتسجيل مثل أي مهاجم في العالم، لكنه لايشعر بالقلق، وأنا كذلك، وأعلم أنه سعيد بما نقدمه ويقدمه معنا”.

وعن مستقبل عبد الصمد الزلزولي: “أنا سعيد بوجوده وأحبه كثيرًا، يمكنه أن يقدم أكثر من ذك، لكن يجب أن يفهم مثل بقية اللاعبين أنه لا يوجد لاعب أساسي وآخر بديل، خاصة في وسط الملعب والهجوم”.

Maturity is an adjective that, at best, can only be sporadically applied to Shahid Afridi, but it was the hallmark of his blitz against Sri Lanka, as he struck an unbeaten 39 from 20 to lift his side to a three-wicket win in Dubai

The Report by Andrew Fidel Fernando11-Dec-2013
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsShahid Afridi contributed with bat and ball•AFP

Maturity is an adjective that, at best, can only be sporadically applied to Shahid Afridi, but it was the hallmark of his blitz against Sri Lanka, as he struck an unbeaten 39 from 20 to lift his side to a three-wicket win in Dubai. Arriving at the crease with 50 to get off 35, Afridi was discerning in his attack, even as wickets continued to fall at the other end. The crowd may remember the big blows that carved chunks from the required total, but Afridi’s thoughtful singles were as vital to Pakistan’s victory, as he lionised the strike while Pakistan’s remaining batting talent dwindled, largely thanks to Lasith Malinga, who took his best Twenty20 haul in over a year.Afridi had been instrumental with his sharp, varied legspin as well, conceding only 20 from his four overs as Sri Lanka spluttered to 145 for 5. Though this score was only five less than captain Dinesh Chandimal had hoped for at the toss, it seemed insufficient on a decent batting surface, not given to extravagant turn. Mohammad Hafeez’ hope that dew would hamper the side bowling second also came to fruition, as Sri Lanka delivered occasional shockers that sealed their fate.Two sixes from Afridi off Nuwan Kulasekara’s 16th over was his first definitive play, as he walloped a knee-length full toss high into the stands, before crashing one over deep cover when Kulasekara resigned himself to going full and wide. After that over Pakistan needed 29 off 24, with five wickets in hand, but immediately, Malinga’s four-run over, in which he also claimed a wicket, reclaimed ground for Sri Lanka.Thirteen runs off Thisara Perera’s 18th over, though, all but secured the result for Pakistan. Malinga delivered another miserly six deliveries in between, but with six needed off the final over, Afridi knelt and swept Kulasekara’s first ball over long-leg.Before Afridi arrived, Pakistan’s leisurely innings had not seemed so different from Sri Lanka’s. Both sides had largely progressed at around 6.5 an over, with several batsmen earning starts but falling before achieving a substantial score. Sharjeel Khan plowed on through the early overs, as he and Hafeez put on 57 for the second wicket, but they both fell against the run of play. Sohaib Maqsood had also seemed promising in his 13.Mathews had rode good fortune to his 34-ball 50, surviving an almost-plumb lbw shout off Afridi on 17, before being dropped in the 18th over, in which he also made his most dramatic gains. In his fourth Twenty20, right-armer Bilawal Bhatti pitched full and then short early in the over, and Mathews took consecutive boundaries in front of square on the leg side. The next ball was back of a length and Mathews’ top-edged heave should have been caught by Hafeez, running back from cover, but he failed to settle under it. Mathews would strike one more to the fence, taking the over-tally to 18.Hafeez had known his experienced slow bowlers held the key to restricting Sri Lanka, and he began the bowling himself, before bringing Ajmal and Afridi on in the middle overs to keep Sri Lanka’s modest run-rate in hand. Only the occasional loose delivery marred the Powerplay overs, in which a vital dynamic was established: if Sri Lanka wanted boundaries, they would largely have to manufacture them at some peril.Aside from that Bhatti over, Pakistan stamped down on every Sri Lanka surge, as the batsmen rarely found release apart from when they skipped down the track or played pre-meditated strokes. It did not help that signs of rust were evident for almost every Sri Lanka batsman. Kusal Perera and Kumar Sangakkara were timing the ball well, but neither excelled in shot placement, and both departed trying to find spaces in the outfield. Though Mathews’ power sent his big strokes to the fence, he will also reflect that it was far from his most fluent knock.Mahela Jayawardene’s absence allowed Dinesh Chandimal to push himself up to a more-favoured No.3, but although he hit his first Twenty20 score in excess of 15 in over two years, he was trapped in front for a run-a-ball 22. The ball that drifted in and straightened from Afridi was almost the right-handed equivalent of Kusal’s dismissal, for 15, to Ajmal.

Andrew Strauss has revealed for the first time how he feared his England team would be undermined by Kevin Pietersen’s antipathy towards those running English cricket long before matters came to a head in a home series against South Africa in 2012.The fallout from the ECB’s refusal to sanction Pietersen’s wish to retire from 50-over cricket, and also be free to play more IPL, was seen in a long-running furore centred upon a series of disenchanted text messages sent by Pietersen to South African players.Strauss has now admitted that he suspected “treachery” as the affair so dominated the summer and ensured that what should have been a celebration of Strauss’ 100th Test at Lord’s instead became a frustrated climax to his career. He retired “tired and generally hacked off with life”.In his new autobiography, which is being serialised in the Daily Mail, Strauss tells of how he took Pietersen aside at a golf day ahead of the South Africa series to discuss his state of mind. “I had heard some troubling rumours he might be preparing to separate himself from English cricket after a further attempt to get the ECB to yield ground had failed,” he writes.”At a golf day a few days before the first Test, I took him to one side to ask what was going on. It was clear he was far from happy. I challenged him to think about his legacy and the goals he wanted to reach with the rest of his career. Unfortunately, we were interrupted and it is fair to say that I did not know at the time quite how close he was to the edge.”England suffered a heavy defeat in the opening Test and the Pietersen situation worsened in the week of the second Test at Headingley. “On the practice days, he seemed completely withdrawn, as though he was consciously distancing himself from the team, and on the first day of the game itself he seemed determined to let everyone in the ground know just how unhappy he was.”As captain, I could not let it go and I called him into a back room to make it clear his behaviour was unacceptable. I was shocked by his lack of contrition and his apparent hostility towards me. It felt as though he was trying to goad me into a confrontation. It was almost as if he was trying to engineer an excuse to turn his back on the team.”Despite his issues, Pietersen played one of his finest Test innings at Headingley; 149 that helped England get a foothold in the series. But in his press conference that followed, he expressed his difficulties and suggested he was about to take some decisions that “would make me very happy”.”I was unsurprised to then hear Kevin had given a disturbing press conference following what was a thrilling drawn Test match. What greatly puzzled me, though, was his comment that, ‘It’s tough being me, playing for England’, seemingly implying he was being treated badly by his team-mates in the dressing room. For me, he had crossed the line. He seemed to be at best destabilising and at worst undermining our carefully cultivated team environment.”Strauss describes the draining effect Pietersen’s behaviour had on his captaincy. “I feel incredibly tired, as though I have simply run out of energy – I have nothing more to give,” he said. “I am also wallowing in a rising tide of sadness. This is not the way I wanted my England career to end.”Pietersen was dropped for the final Test at Lord’s but the issue marred Strauss’s 100th Test. He retired following the defeat and admitted his “unbelievable frustration” at the manner in which his carer ended.”This is the last time I will make this walk as an England cricketer, although I am far too frustrated, tired and generally hacked off with life for it to be a rousing emotional affair,” he writes. “I find my space in the far corner of the room, near the television set, and sit down. I pack my helmet in my kitbag and then bury my head in my hands. For 10 minutes I sit, unable to move.”

Pakistan Under-19 defeated England Under-19 by 180 runs in Leicester

ESPNcricinfo staff13-Aug-2013
ScorecardA dominating batting display from Pakistan Under-19, capped off by an unbeaten century from Kamran Ghulam, helped them thump England Under-19 by 180 runs in Leicester and register their fourth straight win in the tournament. Sami Aslam and Hasan Raza scored half-centuries to take Pakistan to 369 for 7 after 50 overs.England, who have won only one of their four matches, were never really in the chase, and a 46-ball 65 from Ryan Higgins did little to change their fortunes, as the hosts fell well short of the target in the end.Pakistan, who have already qualified for the final on August 19, were in firm control throughout the match and got off to a bright start after electing to bat. Aslam put up a 57-run first-wicket stand with Hussain Talat, before adding another 52 with Rafay Ahmed. Aslam eventually departed for 57 after striking nine fours, but Raza kept the runs flowing with a 69-ball 71 that included nine fours and a six.Saud Shakeel played the ideal foil to Raza, as the pair added 77 for the fourth wicket, to leave Pakistan poised for a big score at 213 for 4 at the 35-over mark. Medium-pacer Will Rhodes struck in quick intervals to dismiss the pair, but Ghulam, coming in at No.6, smashed nine fours and seven sixes as he posted a 56-ball 102 to prop up Pakistan to an ultimately unassailable total. England didn’t help their cause by giving away 27 extras, including 10 no-balls.Faced with a tall chase, England lost wickets at regular intervals and apart from Higgins and Rhodes, none of the other batsmen could make more than 21, as the hosts were bowled out for 189 in 35 overs. Left-arm spinner Zafar Gohar was the pick of the bowlers and finished with 3 for 44 in his 10 overs.England will next take on Bangladesh in Worcester on Thursday.